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A captain's knock of 132 by Saad Wasim enabled Pakistan Public Works Department (PWD) take a surprise first innings lead over KRL on the third day of the Patron's Trophy Grade-I game at Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot Friday

There was brilliant sunshine when India took on South Africa at the New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on an October Friday afternoon

Easterns can thank their lower order batsmen for a great recovery against Nashua WP at Newlands on Saturday

England cricket captain Nasser Hussain believes that its time England put a stop to the losing streak that has seen them lose 11 consecutive one-day matches since last year

Local league started in Bulawayo over the weekend and the most encouraging result came from the newly introduced Bulawayo Development team which recorded a comprehensive win over Milton by 184 runs

Fast bowler Mohammad Akram is likely to face ban as well as slapped cash penalty after he admitted deserting the Pakistan team without seeking permission

The Cricket Centre Pakistan (CCP) located in Defence Housing Authority, Phase VI, has launched an ambitious Rs223million expansion project to upgrade and improve its infrastructure while hoping that it would become operational by June 2003

Hyderabad batsman VVS Laxman, who missed the Standard Bank tri-series in South Africa due to a knee injury, has an opportunity for match practice ahead of the Test series when he captains the Rest of India team against Ranji Trophy winners Baroda at

Exactly thirty days are left before Zimbabweans are arriving in Bangladesh to carry out two Tests and three ODI with the hosts

Controversial former cricket board President Thilanga Sumathipala confirmed that he still has long-term ambitions to return as BCCSL President during a media briefing on Thursday

New Zealand's scheduled visit to Pakistan has been postponed for security reasons at least for the time being

To younger members of the world's cricketing community, the late Peter Burge will be best remembered as the tough but fair match referee who has presided over international fixtures for the last nine years.

On a cloudy day which saw murkier crowd behaviour, Guyana captain Carl Hooper provided the sole flash of brilliance as he struck an undefeated 95 against Southern Windwards to take his team to 216 for three in a rain-shortened match of 30 overs

Rain won the day at Newlands on Friday when no play was possible on the opening day of the season's opening Supersport Series match between Nashua WP and Easterns

Sussex County Cricket Club have expressed full support for James Kirtley in the publicity surrounding his bowling action

Following the success of the 2001 season which saw the County Championship return to Yorkshire after an absence of 33 years Yorkshire County Cricket Club have today announced that they will be increasing their subscriptions for the 2002 season

Sri Lanka have included uncapped right-arm fast-medium bowlers, Charitha Buddhika, from Panadura SC, and Matara born, Prabath Nissanka, in their provisional 16-man squad for the tri-nation series against Pakistan and Zimbabwe later this month

I'm sorry to say it, but I have never seen Zimbabwe play so badly so often as they have done this year

Test right-hander Younis Khan hit a fine century to salvage Habib Bank's tarnished image as PIA neared a certain victory on the second day of the Patron's Trophy National Cricket Championship Grade-I match at Gaddafi Stadium Thursday

Former Australian Test cricket batsman Peter Burge died today in Brisbane, aged 69